English

Prefix

re-

1. Added to a verb to make a verb whose action is being done again.

   revisit

2. Added to a verb to make a verb whose action undoes a previous action.

   reintegrate

3. Added to a noun to make a noun meaning something that is being done again.

   remake

4. Added to a noun to make a noun meaning the undoing of a previous action.

   reintegration

Usage notes

• The hyphen is not normally included in words formed using this prefix, except when the absence of a hyphen would make the meaning unclear. Hyphens are used in the following cases:
  • Sometimes in new coinages and nonce words.

    stir and re-stir the mixture

  • When the word that the prefix is combined with begins with a capital letter.

    re-Christianise

  • In British usage, when the word that the prefix is combined with begins with e.

    re-entry (North American: reentry)

  • When the word formed is identical in form to another word in which re- does not have any of the senses listed above.

    The chairs have been re-covered (covered again)

    The chairs have been recovered (obtained back)

Related terms

• Almost any verb or noun can take this prefix. The words listed here are only a small sample.

• reactivate
• reallocate
• rearrange
• reassign
• reborn
• re-cover
• re-creation
• redo
• re-form
• regroup
• rehouse
• reintegrate
• rejig
• rekindle
• remake
• renew
• reopen
• reread
• resell
• retake
• revisit
• rewind

Translations

• Russian: пере- , при

See also

• again
• re
• repeat

Esperanto

Affix

1. again, back.

Latin

Prefix

re-

1. again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.

   recreatio = creation again